Battle Of Verdun (1792)
A battle is a combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or
combatants. A war sometimes consists of many battles. Battles
generally are well defined in duration, area, and force commitment.[1]
A battle with only limited engagement between the forces and without
decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish.
Wars and military campaigns are guided by strategy, whereas battles
take place on a level of planning and execution known as operational
mobility.[2] German strategist
Carl von ClausewitzCarl von Clausewitz stated that "the
employment of battles ..
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Battle Of Limburg (1792)
The Battle of Limburg was a battle of the War of the First Coalition,
itself part of the French Revolutionary Wars. It took place on 9
November
17921792 at
Limburg an der LahnLimburg an der Lahn between French Revolutionary
forces and Prussian troops, ending in a French victory.
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Whilst the Austrians were fearful of losing the Austrian Netherlands,
the Prussian force had only just got out of
FranceFrance safely and was en
route to oppose Adam-Philippe de Custine's invasion of the Palatinate
of the Rhine
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Habsburg Austria
The Habsburg
MonarchyMonarchy (German: Habsburgermonarchie) or Empire is an
unofficial appellation among historians for the countries and
provinces that were ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House
of Habsburg between 1521 and 1780 and then by the successor branch of
Habsburg-LorraineHabsburg-Lorraine until 1918. The
MonarchyMonarchy was a composite state
composed of territories within and outside the Holy Roman Empire,
united only in the person of the monarch. The dynastic capital was
Vienna, except from 1583 to 1611,[2] when it was moved to Prague
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Holy Roman Empire
The Holy
Roman EmpireRoman Empire (Latin: Sacrum Romanum Imperium; German:
Heiliges Römisches Reich) was a multi-ethnic complex of territories
in central Europe that developed during the Early
Middle AgesMiddle Ages and
continued until its dissolution in 1806.[6] The largest territory of
the empire after 962 was the Kingdom of Germany, though it also came
to include the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Burgundy, the
Kingdom of Italy, and numerous other territories.[7][8][9]
On 25 December 800,
Pope Leo III crowned the Frankish king Charlemagne
as Emperor, reviving the title in Western Europe, more than three
centuries after the fall of the Western Roman Empire
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Battle Of Erquelinnes
The Battle of Erquelinnes or Battle of Péchant[1] (20–24 May 1794)
was part of the Flanders Campaign during the War of the First
Coalition, and saw a Republican French army jointly led by Jacques
Desjardin and Louis Charbonnier try to defend a bridgehead on the
north bank of the Sambre River against a combined Habsburg Austrian
and Dutch army led by Franz Wenzel, Graf von Kaunitz-Rietberg. The
French crossed the Sambre on the 20th and held their positions for a
few days. On the 24th Kaunitz launched an early-morning surprise
attack that routed the French. The War of the First Coalition combat
represented the second of five French attempts to gain a foothold on
the north bank of the Sambre. Erquelinnes is a village in Belgium
directly on the border with France
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Battle Of Mouscron
The Battle of Mouscron (26–30 April 1794) was a series of clashes
that occurred when the Republican French Army of the North under
Jean-Charles Pichegru moved northeast to attack Menen (Menin) and was
opposed by Coalition forces under the overall leadership of François
Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt. In their
initial advance, the French began the Siege of Menin and captured
Kortrijk (Courtrai). With Habsburg Austrian reinforcements, Clerfayt
counterattacked on the 28th but Joseph Souham soon massed superior
French forces and drove the Coalition troops out of the area. This
Flanders Campaign action happened during the War of the First
Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars
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Battle Of Courtrai (1794)
The 2nd Battle of Courtrai (10–12 May 1794) saw a Republican French
army under Jean-
Charles PichegruCharles Pichegru launch attacks on Coalition forces
commanded by François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of
Clerfayt and Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. On the 10th
the attack on the Duke of York was repulsed in what is often called
the Battle of Willems. But the attack on the
Count of ClerfaytCount of Clerfayt on the
11th proved successful. A clash to the north of
KortrijkKortrijk (Courtrai) at
IngelmunsterIngelmunster on the 12th ended the fighting. The War of the First
Coalition battle was fought near Kortrijk, Belgium, located about 85
kilometres (53 mi) west of Brussels.
On 10 May the French infantry formed square to repel Coalition cavalry
charges for the first time during the war
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Battle Of Grandreng
The Battle of Grandreng or Battle of Rouvroi[1] (10–13 May 1794) saw
a Republican French army jointly commanded by Louis Charbonnier and
Jacques Desjardin attempt to advance across the Sambre River against a
combined Habsburg Austrian and Dutch army under Franz Wenzel, Graf von
Kaunitz-Rietberg. After winning crossings over the Sambre at Thuin and
Lobbes on the 10th and Merbes-le-Château on the 12th, the French were
defeated on 13 May at Grand-Reng and forced to retreat. The War of the
First Coalition engagement marked the first of five attempts by the
French armies to establish themselves on the north bank of the Sambre.
Grand-Reng is now part of the village of Erquelinnes, Belgium, lying
close to the border with France. Rouveroy (Rouvroi) is situated 3.8
kilometres (2.4 mi) north
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